2. NIOSH Topic: Bloodborne Infectious Diseases HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus | CDC/NIOSH
Exposures to blood and other body fluids occur across a wide variety of occupations. Health care workers, emergency response and public safety personnel, and other workers can be exposed to blood through needlestick and other sharps injuries, muco...
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3. Definition of hepatitis C virus - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
A virus that causes hepatitis (inflammation of the liver). It is carried and passed to others through blood or sexual contact. Also, infants born to infected mothers may become infected with the virus.
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4. What is Hepatitis C?
Hepatitis C infection is caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). People who may be at risk for hepatitis C are those who:
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5. Hepatitis C Virus in Australia
Hepatitis C is a viral, blood borne disease that causes inflammation of the liver. Acute Hepatitis C infection is often asymptomatic and many people are unaware that they are infected because they do not feel ill (Centers for Disease Control [CDC]...
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6. HEPATITIS C VIRUS ANTIBODY
This test detects both IgG and IgM to HCV. Previously positive patients do not require repeat testing. If the patient has no detectable antibody, it is recommended to wait at least three months before testing again. Tests on samples collected less...
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7. Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
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8. Hepatitis C, Managing Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Since the Hepatitis C agent was characterized in 1989, much has been learned about this RNA virus and the disease it causes. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is usually acquired parenterally, although the route of transmission in sporadic...
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9. Hepatitis C Virus Tests - Caring4Cancer
) the body makes against HCV. These proteins will be present in your blood if you have a hepatitis C infection now or have had one in the past. It is important to identify the type of hepatitis virus causing the infection, to prevent its spread an.....
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10. IDPH - Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is the most common chronic blood borne infection in the United States (CDC, 2004). Approximately 1.8 percent of the United States' population has been infected with HCV, according to NHANES III (1988-94). This amounts to 3....
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